Sentence examples for capsule hotel from inspiring English sources
noun
A type of hotel with a number of very small "rooms" (capsules).
Vozdushny Ekspress, the capsule hotel where Snowden may or may not be napping.
A former tuna fisherman, he has been living at another capsule hotel in Tokyo since August.
This is no capsule hotel — the smallest room will be more than 400 square feet.
Russian news outlets have reported that Mr. Snowden will spend the night at a capsule hotel in the airport.
Mr. Shimizu, though, has incorporated into his capsule hotel features of the ryokan, the traditional Japanese inn: futons, tatami mats and a solicitous, kimono-clad staff.
"I wanted to bring some traditional style to budget accommodation," he said, "so I combined the ryokan inn concept with the capsule hotel".
Spartan and institutional, capsule hotels attract relatively few foreign travelers.
Capsule hotels, where you sleep in an air-conditioned coffin-sized tube, complete with TV, start at £30.
Capsule hotels are often men-only, due to the risks for women staying in places with questionable clientele.
Those numbers do not count the city's "hidden" homeless, like those who live in capsule hotels.
Capsule hotels became popular in Tokyo because of sky-high property values and limited space in the metropolis.
